2010 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Quotes
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POSTGAME QUOTES
2010 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
No. 6 Boise State 17, No. 3 TCU 10
Glendale, Ariz. (University of Phoenix Stadium)
Jan. 4, 2010
Attendance: 73,227
TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson
Opening Statement...
"Well, first of all, I think you have to give Boise all the credit. They made plays we didn't, the difference in the ball game. Pick six going one the other direction. Two good football teams, you know. The fake punt was a great call, three or four plays in the second half was the difference in the ball game."
"I thought both teams played hard. We just came up short. I think you got to give Coach Petersen and Boise State a lot of credit. Came in and fought and played without Austin Pettis and made the plays they needed to."
On Boise State's fourth-quarter fake punt...
"Well, they actually fooled us because they actually called that same fake-off, they had put the guy in a slot, and what they did is they put him on the line of scrimmage later on. That's what the fake was."
"So they outcoached us on that play. It was a good call. They made an adjustment. We had a guy on him, but they fanned and he came inside. We had worked on the play. They had actually called it off once in the first half. They had it in about on about the 35-yard line. So you -- like I said, you got to give them a little bit of credit."
On attacking Boise State's defense...
"The biggest thing is you have to take what they give you. The drive we had at the end of the half, that's what we did; we threw the ball short. Made them try to make plays in space with our good wideouts. We had a couple plays."
"Again I think -- it was one of those situations where, you know, I thought both teams played very well. We just didn't play well enough in the second half."
"One of the things that was interesting, you know, is they moved their all-conference corner to safety, in their nickel and dime packages, whichever they did. It was unique because we won the matchup on the inside receivers. That was a more even matchup in passing downs by doing that."
On what this means for TCU's program going forward...
"I don't think it is a setback at all. We played the No. 6 team in the nation. We got beat 17-10. The difference in yards was 300 and something to 300 and something."
"Somebody was going to have to lose tonight. It is like I told them in the locker room: We came into this game, two teams together, we're 48-3. Now our total record is 49-4. Somebody is going to have to win. Somebody was going to have to lose, and that's the way this game was going to go down."
"But for us, I mean, we got to this point. We played a very good Boise State team tonight. We came up short. For me, I don't think that we backed down the mountain at all. It would have been nice for us to win. That was our intention. But for me to say that we fell, that we stumbled and fell down, that football team there has only lost one ball game in two seasons."
On what this means for next season...
"Well, number one, we came in doing the right things in the first place, not whining, and we are not going to start now."
"Everybody across the country, you got 64 Bowl teams playing. I think that's how many -- 32 are going to win. So the key to it is how we're going to handle this. We've got to grow some people up as a program. We've got to move forward, and we need to recruit and try to replace the guys here that have left."
"We started 12 years ago in this process. Nobody would even have thought we should be sitting in this room. We proved ourselves. We've played 11 Bowl games in 12 years. We've finally got to a BCS game. And there is a lot of teams that lose BCS games that have won National Championships."
"And so for us, you know, we're not going to take any backseat at this point in time. We are going to keep trying to move forward and do the things we need to do. I'll be honest with you -- let me say one thing to you. I'm very appreciative of the people that are sitting in this room, because at some point in time you decide to change your mind and give us a chance as a program, give Boise a chance as a program, and some day what we tried to do tonight is try to prove you right."
TCU Junior Quarterback Andy Dalton
On the offense tonight...
"Yeah, Boise played great. Early on in the game they were doing stuff we hadn't seen. You know, all the looks in practice we were getting, that's not what we saw out there."
"You know, they had a good game plan coming in. It is hard to win the game when you've got lose the turnover battle. That hurt us. They played great."
On the season...
"We did a lot of good things this year. All these underclassmen, we're going to take this and just make it motivation for next year. Hopefully, we can really improve and win a big game like this."
On next year...
"We've got a lot of guys coming back, a lot of starters. Everybody knows the feeling of this loss and I think it is just going to be motivation for us. We're going to work really hard this off season and hopefully get back here."
Senior Defensive End Jerry Hughes
On the fake punt...
"That was huge. It was an emotional play to pull out a play of that extent. They obviously had the momentum on their side and then we were just unable to execute on the defensive side of the ball, which led to them getting a touchdown."
On the season...
"It was a great season. I said I wanted to help the team do things and we were able to do it. We were able to get the conference championship, which was a huge goal. To be up on the BCS stage, a national stage like this, it was just icing on the cake."
"This really just puts TCU's program out on the map. There is no setback or anything like that. This just lets the nation know who TCU is, where we're at and how we're going to play football. It is just a great year. I'm very thankful and blessed to be a part of such a great team and established program."
Senior Linebacker Daryl Washington
On Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore...
"Kellen Moore is an unbelievable quarterback. He did some great things and very accurate with his throws. He has a very quick release. We watched him on film and you would be amazed how quick he can get the ball out. He is a smart quarterback overall and really knows football. You have to give him credit."
